Klan Probe to Open in Louisiana Next Week
UPI reports the House un American Activities Committee will begin its second phase of hearings next week, first focusing on Louisiana’s Ku Klux Klan. The inquiry will examine violence linked to the Ku Klux Klan and civil rights clashes in Bogalusa, where Klan influence spread into public life amid a federal injunction. The panel will then study Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida in the following weeks.
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Washington
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Louisiana
Bogalusa
Klan
Rescued after boat breakup near Bahamas
Dick Peters, 21, of Oak Park Illinois, and seven other passengers were identified after the 75 foot Marana began breaking up in 8 to 10 foot seas. Owner Logan Lachance Chicago said he planned to return to shore when the vessel started failing. He bought the boat eight weeks ago to run a package charter for skin divers to the Bahamas and held Coast Guard licensing.
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Dick Peters
Oak Park
Ill
Peters
Marlene McCullough
Chicago
Ross Norton
Wilmette
Jeff Feltman
Skokie
Richard Jaanas
Sherwood Williams
Jeff Goodman
Richard Lee
Logan Lac
Inventive Thomas Edison Miyawaki Chooses Doctor Path
In Honolulu after leaving UC last weekend with his wife and son, Thomas Edison Miyawaki cited extreme family pressure to become a doctor. The dean noted the name fits his inventive character, reflecting the Japanese custom of obeying parental wishes and Miyawaki’s decision to avoid letting them down.
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Thomas Edison Miyawaki
Honolulu
Miyawaki
Deaths and Funerals: Paul Ash longtime mining executive
Funeral services for Paul Ed ward Ash 54 of Fort Lauderdale Fla formerly of Beckley will be at 11 a m in Fairchild Funeral Home with burial at Fort Lauderdale Memorial Park He died after long illness in a Fort Lauderdale hospital He was former president of Wood Pocahontas Mining Co in Beckley an accountant for a produce firm and member of Pompano Beach Methodist Church Survived by wife Ruth A son Ronald B three daughters seven or more siblings and 13 grandchildren Also noted is the death of Andy A Goins 85 of Galax Va formerly Beckley in Martinsville Va with funeral arrangements pending He had worked in Raleigh mines and resided in Beckley for 25 years
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Paul Edward Ash
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Beckley
Fairchild Funeral Home
Fort Lauderdale Memorial Park
Ash
Wood Pocahontas Mining Co
Fort Lauderdale
Pompano Beach
Florida
Andy A. Goins
Galax
Mae Goins
Pearl Hash
Fayette St
Martinsville
Raleigh
Edward Howard
Brooks St
Roy Lee Massey Funeral Pending After Long Illness
Roy Lee Massey 73 of 407 Bos tick St died at 9 30 p m Tuesday in a local hospital after a long illness. A retired coal miner and member of UMWA Local 7086 he also belonged to Beckley Memorial Baptist Church Men s Bible Class and the Knights of Phythias Lodge. Born Jan 5 1892 he was the son of the late W A and Lina Underwood Massey. Survivors include wife Willie Shanklin Massey a son William H Baltimore Md two stepsons Ted G Shanklin Links Grove and Harry Lee Shanklin Hurricane a stepdaughter Mrs Charles Bennett Tucson Ariz three half brothers Lester Crawford Dorsey Mont Massey Packsville and Frank Massey Sundial 10 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Roy Lee Massey
Bostick
UMWA
Beckley Memorial Baptist Church
Knights of Phythias Lodge
W. A
Lina Underwood Massey
Willie Shanklin Massey
William H
Baltimore
Ted G. Shanklin
Links Grove
Harry Lee Shanklin
Hurricane
Charles
Betty) Jo Bennett
Tucson
Ariz
Lester Crawford
Dorsey
Mont Massey
Packsville
Frank Massey
Sundial
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral
Turnpike toll rises as several deaths shock state roads
Turnpike crashes killed Roy Smith in Kincaid and Thomas McClung in Bluefield on July 30 and August 1, with Carlos Coffey of Princeton and Dallas Riddick of Patterson also among recent fatalities. The week’s six deaths push West Virginia’s 1965 toll to 21 for the year, with total deaths and a Christmas weekend spike prompting officials to warn that safety rests with drivers. State Police Supt. Burchett notes 1965 fatalities exceed 1964 totals and run above ten-year averages, urging personal responsibility in operation of vehicles.
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Ers
Charleston
Roy Smith
Kincaid
Thomas McClung
Bluefield
Carlos Dean Coffey
Princeton
Dallas Riddick
Patterson
N. J
West Virginia
W. E. Burchett
Burchett
War Effort Imperiled By Chemical Strike
Labor Secretary Wirtz stepped in as a 29 day strike by the International Association of Machinists at East Alton Illinois based Olin Mathieson Chemical threatens powder supply for U S small arms. Federal mediation service director Simkin summoned company and union negotiators for talks.
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Washington
UPI
U. S
Viet Nam
W. Willard Wirtz
East Alton
Olin Mathieson Chemical Co
U.S
International Association of Machinists
Afl-Cio
William E. Simkin
The
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
New Semi Silver Kennedy Half Dollar to Start Thursday
The Treasury says production begins at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Denver Mint. The coin will keep John F. Kennedy's portrait but reduce silver content from 90 to 40 percent, with outer layers at 80 percent and inner core at 21 percent.
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Washington
UPI
Denver
Treasury Department
John F. Kennedy
Notable deaths fill national headlines in brief notices
Mrs Clara Goss Eccles dies in a local hospital with arrangements pending at Melton Mortuary. Mrs Sarah Melton Scaife, 62, a Mellon family member, dies in Pittsburgh. family holdings span Aluminum Company of America Pittsburgh Plate Glass Pennsylvania Railroad and Westinghouse. Lynn Thorndike, 8, dies after a stroke at Columbia University club. emeritus history professor at Columbia, author of major medieval texts. John S Cain, 72, Dallas based gas and oil investor, dies of heart attack. former VP Arkansas Western Gas Co with real estate ranching interests.
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Clara Goss, Eccles
Melton Mortuary
Pittsburgh
UPI
Sarah Melton Scaife
America
Mellon
Aluminum Company of America
Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Pennsylvania Railroad
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
New York
Lynn Thorndike
Columbia University Club
Thorndike
Columbia University
Dallas
John S. Cain
Arkansas Western Gas Co
Cain
Vietnam troop boost amid Viet Cong raids and unrest
Brigadier General Symroski welcomed the 3rd Brigade as U.S. forces in Vietnam rose to about 184,000. Viet Cong attacks hit Minh Long and Quang Ngai Delta while seven government outposts near Saigon endured raids. A grenade failed to explode in Saigon's Cholon district. Four Montagnard soldiers were sentenced to death for treason and murder as uprisings among mountain tribes were quelled by armor and large numbers.
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Charles A. Symroski
U.S
Viet Nam
Minh Long
Saigon
Quang Ngai
Ekong
Cholon
Nguyen van Thieu
Phu Bon
McDowell Board OKs Bid for Vocational School
McDowell County School Board approved a 1,224,000 bid by Court Construction Co. of Kimball for a new vocational education facility in Welch McDowell County. The project is funded by a 1 million local bond issue and a 1 million FEMA grant.
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WELCH
UPS
McDowell County
Court Construction Co
Kimball
Judge Calls Yale Vinland Map Claims Wormy
Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice Musmanno challenged Yale University claims that Leif Ericsson reached America 500 years before Columbus. He visited Yale to study the Vinland map and worm holes. he called the map an anachronistic freak and accused Yale of being misused by an educational institution.
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New Haven, Conn
UPI
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Yale University
Leif Ericsson
America
Christopher
Michael A. Musmanno
Nuremrg
Pennsylvania
University
Yale
Ecome
Justice Musmanno
Newfoundland
Musmanne
Yale University Press
Quotes From UPI Leaders On Divorce, Therapy, Decoys, Budget
United Press International reports on four voices. Dr I A Burch urges lipstick and bras signal ends, Dr K M Colby envisions computers as psychotherapy tools, Harry Day criticizes using students as decoys to expose homosexuality, Robert S McNamara discusses trimming Defense Department expenditures to direct military needs.
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United Press International
Chicago
I. A. Burch
Store rewards 1928 gift refund in 1965 Memphis
A Memphis department store issued a $4.76 refund to Ina Harden for Christmas gifts bought 37 years earlier. Harden, of Tchula Mississippi, mailed in a 1928 statement showing the unused credit. Store manager Roslyn White noted surprise at the missing credit and processed the refund.
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Memphis
Stolen City Limousine Traced By Baton Rouge Police
Baton Rouge police searched for a $7,200 city owned limousine missing since Monday. The red faced officers began the probe after the theft was discovered and the vehicle disappeared from city property.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Norwegians Claim Viking Discovery Preceded Columbus
Norwegian experts dismissed Yale's map claim as proof of Leif Ericsson's voyage to America. They cite archeological finds from Helge Ingstad in Newfoundland including a soap stone spinning wheel as evidence. They argue Norse settlements predated Columbus by centuries.
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Oslo
Norway
UPI
Leif Ericsson
America
Christopher Columbus
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Michael Musmanno
Yale University
Ericsson
Yale
Musmanno
Helge Ingstad
Newfoundland
New World
Troops Boost 25th Infantry Reinforcements in Vietnam
Elements of the 3rd Brigade of the U S Army 25th Infantry Division will land at several sites in South Vietnam in the coming days with initial units arriving at Pleiku. The brigade, commanded by Col Everette A Stoutner of Keota Iowa, will include three infantry battalions plus artillery engineers motorized cavalry and a support battalion. The outfit is flying from Hawaii where the division is based while the other two brigades stay behind for now.
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25Th Infantry Division
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Pleiku
Everette A. Stoutner
Keota
Iowa
Hawaii
Mountain Region
Lynda February Ski Trip With Brent At Park City
Lynda Bird and Brent enjoyed a Park City ski date near Salt Lake City taking two hours of skiing and snowball fun with photographers. Eastman from UC Medical School gave her a first skiing lesson. she declined professional instruction. The party of 13 rode a three mile train into Spire Tunnel underground ski lift before returning to Evanston.
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Park City
Salt Lake City
Lynda Bird
Brent
Newsmen
Eastman
University of California Medical School
Spire Tunnel
Evanston
U S Tightens Restrictions on Rhodesia
The Commerce Department announced a formal embargo on oil shipments to Southern Rhodesia in a move to support Britain's sanctions regime. U.S. and Rhodesia oil trade will be tightly controlled with licenses required and many exports denied.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Britain
Odessa
Commerce Department
Sr . Rhodesia
Rhodesia
U.S
Com Free Nies
eCeae Ae
Ian Smith
Adarmen Empapion Aemerican Ar
Zamibia
Zambia
Department of Commerce
BPW Drafts Budget Wording for 1966 Legislature
The State Board of Public Works drafted the final wording for the fiscal 1966-67 budget as Gov. Hulett C. Smith offered suggestions. The panel aimed to finalize a state government budget near 196 million dollars, with another meeting scheduled to approve the document.
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Eekeee
UPI
State Board of Public Works
Hulett C. Smith
Critics pick Darling best film of 1965 and Juliet of Spirits best foreign
New York Film Critics named Darling the top movie of 1965 and Juliet of Spirits as best foreign language film. Julie Christie won best actress for Darling while Oskar Werner earned best actor for Ship of Fools. John Schlesinger cited as best director for Darling and Federico Fellini noted for Juliet of the Spirits.
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New York
UPI
New York Film Critics Monday
Treatment By Computer Urged For Mentally Ill
Berkeley report from UPI notes scientists propose computers improve teaching diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. Dr. K M Ot at Stanford urges study of human communication to reduce misunderstandings. Colby argues underfunded hospitals should use computer aid to tailor learning and care to individuals, avoiding dehumanizing large classes.
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Berkeley
Calif
K. M. Colby
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Sugue
Berkeley, Calif
UPI
K. M. Ot
Computa Center
Stanford University
Colby
Shelepin Heads Hanoi Mission
Alexander N. Shelepin, No. 2 in the Soviet Communist Party, will lead a Kremlin delegation to Hanoi. The trip follows a new North Viet Nam aid pact and amid strained Sino-Soviet ties, signaling possible deeper Soviet involvement in the Vietnam War.
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Moscow
UPI
Alexander N. Shelepin
Russia
Communist Party
Kremlin
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Vietnamese Communist Party
Tass
Shelepin
Viet Nam
Leonid I. Brezhnev
She
Egypt
Mongolia
Peking
Ho Chi Minh
Vietam
Peace Talk Stance Shapes Vietnam Cease Fire Talks
South Viet Nam opposes any formal cease-fire or unconditional talks under present conditions. Foreign Minister Tran Van Do told UPI Saigon believes only military victory can halt Hanoi. reports from Peking claim China urges wheat conservation amid war fears. President Johnson at the Texas White House weighs budget and Vietnam spending, possible redeployment to free funds. Three American private citizens in Hanoi probe peace possibilities, one may be Communist. An Italian peace feeler drafts urged US initiative to engage North Vietnam. Pope Paul VI remains believed active in peace efforts.
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Tran van Do
UPI
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Hanoi
Tanjug
Peking
China
Johnson
Texas White House
Viet Nam
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Hanoi Radio
New Left
Italy
United States
Peter Weiss
New York
Georgi la Pira
Ho Chi Minh
Officials condemn student informers in gay crackdown
In Tallahassee Florida State University and state officials condemned police use of college students as bait informers in morals cases. Police touted the program as evidence gathering while critics called it wrong and unacceptable.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Harry Day
Florida State University
Robert Mage
UPI
University
Haydon Burns
University and of Regents
Chester Ferguson
Frank Stoutamire
FSU
Day
Robert Maige
Maige
Marge
Florida Ate
More Persons Sick In 1965 In West Virginia
West Virginia state health statistics show 1965 illnesses higher than 1964 through Dec 25 1965. Measles rose to 14 838 from 10 212, chickenpox 5836 from 4416, influenza 44445 from 1, typhoid fever up from zero, and streptococcal infections 14634 from 12011 while German measles and polio declined.
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Charleston
UPI
State Health Department
West
Fanfani Faces Criticism Over Peace Talk Claims
After an interview, international press and Hanoi Radio attack peace move talk as a hoax. Fanfani receives both Italian and international criticism. La Pira denies Miss Preda’s attributed statements as unknown to him. The editor calls him The Holy Liar. Fanfani quits after blaming unjust attacks and a family member’s unexpected initiative. If he resigns, Moro’s coalition with the Socialists risks collapse.
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Hanoi
Fanfani
Italy
la Pira
Miss Preda
Moro
Christian Democratic
No Decision On Birth Control Legislation
Charleston dispatch reports Gov. Hulett C. Smith has not decided on birth control legislation to include in the 1966 legislative call. An aide said a decision will come by Sunday, with the Jan. 12 session ten days away. An interim study group approved a birth control bill establishing a family planning division within the Health Department to aid local boards with printed materials guidance and contraceptives.
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Charleston
Ex School Official Involved In Collision
D W Bryson former school superintendent and Stoco High School principal was in a two car crash on Mabscott hill in Raleigh County No injuries were reported Bryson drove a 1 model car into Clyde Phillips driver of a 1963 station wagon The investigation was underway at press time
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D. W. Bryson
Raleigh County
Stoco High School
Mabscott Hill
Bryson
Clyde Phillips
Boone County
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F.D.I.C
Mountain State Hearing Aid Center
Main ST
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Clara Goss
McDowell
Hudson River
New York City
New Jersey
Land
Columbus
Lynda
BPW
Peace Probe
Viets
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